...where even if there is hope, some will resign and not fight. Some folks just give up. It's intrinsic to their nature.
Historically, look at what happened with Hitler. We live in a different time now, but it could happen again (I'd argue it already is happening). It's just all happening in slow motion, which makes it harder for people to realize the danger we all are in right this very second and how our lives could literally be lost overnight. And I don't just mean death. I mean rights that ensure we may seek to live healthy lives can be taken from us. Americans may not get the happy ending that we all feel we deserve.
I've told my friends that it is going to take an enormous tragedy to really wake up the "fight or flight" response in the majority of Americans. By then, it may (will most likely) be too late. My friends hate me when I talk like that, but I can see the nervousness in their eyes and feelings of unease. (I like that. Maybe if they get uncomfortable enough, they'll get their asses out on the street with me in downtown LA at every protest going forward instead of looking at my photos of the protests on social media.)
It will take something truly horrific for the masses to act. It's coming. (But aha! I'm a hopeful pessimist! 
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